Jury Awards $5.05 Million in Greyhound Bus Accident Lawsuit

On July 22, 2016, a Philadelphia Jury awarded $3.05 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages on behalf four passengers injured during a 2013 Greyhound bus accident.

The motor coach was making an overnight trip from New York City to Cleveland Ohio. The fatigued driver fell asleep at the wheel, crashed into a tractor trailer on I-80, and injured dozens of passengers, CNN reported. Thirty-seven-year-old Son Thi Thanh Hoang was killed during the crash when she was ejected from the bus.

Greyhound claims that safety is a priority, but a CNN report found that the company fails to enforce its safety regulations. Rule G-40 directs drivers to stop approximately every 150 miles to check tires and take a safety stop to refresh and stay alert. However, there are several Greyhound routes across the US-many overnight-in which there is no safety stops for more than 150 miles. Passengers later recounted seeing the driver appeared tired while taking their tickets at the NYC terminal.

“They don’t enforce their 150 miles safety rule because it costs them money,” said Jon Ostroff, Lead Counsel for the plaintiffs.

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